Yashasvi Jaiswal creates Indian record for most runs on overseas Test debut against West Indies
India beat West Indies by an innings and 141 runs to win the first Test in Dominica in three days. India has won five consecutive Tests against the West Indies for the first time. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 in the first innings in the Dominica Test against the West Indies, the highest score by an Indian on Test debut overseas. The previous record was in the name of Sourav Ganguly (131 runs at Lord's).
Jaiswal's 171 is the fifth-highest score on debut globally. Tip Foster's 287 for England at Sydney in 1903 leads the way.
Yashasvi faced 387 balls, which is the record for the most balls played on a Test debut for India. Mohammad Azharuddin faced 322 balls to score 110 in his debut match against England in Kolkata in 1985.
Jaiswal's 171 is the third-highest score by an Indian on Test debut. Shikhar Dhawan tops the list with 187 against Australia and Rohit Sharma is second with 177 against West Indies in 2013. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the 17th Indian batsman to score a century on debut. 16th is Shreyas Iyer and 15th is Prithvi Shaw.
Ravichandran Ashwin
India's senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 10 wickets in the first Test match against the West Indies. It was Ashwin's eighth 10-wicket haul in Test cricket, equaling former India captain Anil Kumble's record for most 10-wicket hauls in Tests. Taking seven wickets in the second innings, he recorded his 34th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. He joined Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath in fifth place for most five-wicket hauls in Tests.
The legendary spinner now also has the distinction of recording the best bowling figures of 46-13-131-12 by an Indian in a Test match in the Caribbean. He also achieved the rare distinction of taking wickets of both father and son in their illustrious Test career, dismissing Tegener Chanderpaul in this match and his father Shivnarine in Test cricket in New Delhi in 2011.
